Example sentences of "[vb past] if i could [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day one of the German officers stationed in Fontanellato , an Oberleutnant Bauer , called on me and asked if I could give him Italian lessons . |
| 2 | Anyway , she told me to bring someone so I phoned and asked if I could bring you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I was n't too keen on two or three of the swear words , ’ he said , ‘ and I asked if I could leave them out . |
| 4 | and either pay it all in one I asked if I could pay it do so much , you know so much a year |
| 5 | I apologized for my behaviour ( you know how it is : a few drinks , a few laughs , you step out of line ) , and asked if I could buy her lunch some time . |
| 6 | I asked if I could read them . |
| 7 | A year beforehand , Chudnovsky , who was a collector from Leningrad , and a very well-known one , had been to see me and asked if I could help him . |
| 8 | Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't go without Brian so I asked if I could have him buried beside my parents in Scotland . |
| 10 | I thought if I could see him … ’ |
| 11 | PEG : I thought if I could push them together . |
| 12 | She said if I could get us chucked outside the cinema , chucked out the cinema cos Billy said he 'd get us chucked out the cinema for , she goes and we can all pretend we do n't them . |
| 13 | and she said if I could try it before oh , er |
| 14 | erm , no she said if I could try it |
| 15 | ROBBIE I wondered if I could scare you , make you afraid . |
| 16 | I do remember that that was the first time I wondered if I could bring myself to retire … |